I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.

You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been.